Alex Gabriel Bernstein

Amber Pull

2020

Alex Gabriel Bernstein’s Open Sun (2023) is a luminous cast and cut glass sculpture that radiates warmth and elegance. Measuring 23.5 x 25 x 3 inches, the piece is composed of vibran...

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972) Open Sun, 2023 Cast and cut glass23.50 x 25 x 3 in (59.69 x 63.50 x 7.62 cm)

"Synopsis" by Elsbeth Halvorsen Vever (American, b. 1929). Box sculpture combines aluminum, sand, bone, glass and a magnifier. Signed "Elsbeth Vever 1982" on verso. Image, 24.50"L x 13.75"H x 4"W. Using bone as the central image Elsbeth has assembled an optical and visual experience. One view is the magnification and juxtaposition of the floating effect of the curvature in the stainless steel background; stand back and it's a hologram effect. The first image shows clearly the hologram effect available to the eye of the viewer. From a review of her show of box constructions in Providence, Rhode Island: "Viewing her box constructions is a lot like a walk in the moonlight. What we know, or think, to be true in the hard brightness of daytime reality dissolves into an amorphous space of multiple possibilities and perspectives." Born in Purdys, New York, Elspeth Halvorsen is the daughter, granddaughter, and mother of professional artists. She has studied at prestigious academic and artistic institutions includingthe New School for Social Research, the Art Students League, and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In 1955, she moved to Provincetown, Massachusetts, establishing her home and studio in the former residence of Mark Rothko. Provincetown not only remains her home but also acts as a personal, social, and artistic source of inspiration for her work. Shortly after arriving in Provincetown, Halvorsen and her husband, the late Tony Vevers...

This suspended sculpture in dichroic glass and stainless steel changes color from intense blue in transmitted light to red orange in reflected light creating a dynamic symphony of co...